INTRODUCTORY. 


The  jewels  of  thought  thrown  together  in  this  lit¬ 
tle  casket  are  the  product  of  many  minds  and  are  gath¬ 
ered  from  all  .lands.  No  attempt  has  been  made  to 
arrange  them  on  the  silvery  thread  of  fabled  story, 
their  iridescent  hues  producing  a  more  pleasingly  ka¬ 
leidoscopic  effect  from  theif  careless  conglomeration. 
Turn  over  the  partitioning  leaflets  and  you  will  dis¬ 
cover  the  delicate  tint^  ^df  the  Opal,  the  rich  green  of 
the  Emerald,  the  heavenly  blue  of  the  Sapphire,  the 
empassioned  red  of  the  Ruby,  the  ro3"al  purple  of  the 
Amethyst,  the  sparkle  of  the  Diamond  and  the  purity 
of  the  Pearl.  These  gems  have  been  worn  as  talismans 
over  the  hearts  of  hundred  s  of  the  citizens  of  Dixon 
who  have  given  them  up  at  the  call  of  Mrs.  L.  W. 
Mitchell,  President  of  Dixon  Woman's  Relief  Corps,  and 
they  reflect  in  no  small  degree  the  character  of  the  var¬ 
ious  wearers.  Doubly  interesting  are  they  for  their 
local  association  and  for  their  intrinsic  beau  tv. 


SAMUEL  C.  EELLS, 

Make  yourself  an  honest  man  and  then 
you  may  be  sure  that  there  is  one  rascal  less 
in  the  world. 

— Carlyle 


MRS.  L.  C.  AYRES, 

To  watch  the  corn  grow,  and  the  blossoms 
set;  to  read,  to  think,  to  love,  to  hope,  to 
pray — these  are  the  things  that  make  men 
happy . 


— Ruskin 


MRS.  W.  C.  DYSART, 

‘^May  our  faults  be  written  on  the  sea¬ 
shore,  and  every  good  action  prove  a  wave 
to  wash  them  out.” 


George  Loveland, 

‘‘A  man  don’t  get  nothin’  but  trouble  and 
satisfaction  in  this  world,  no  how.” 


MRS.  EMMA  HIGLEY, 

‘‘For  God  so  loved  the  world,  that  he 
gave  his  only  begotton  Son,  that  whosoever 
believeth  in  him  should  not  perish,  but  have 
everlasting  life. 

—John  3:16 


MRS.  George  a.  morris. 

If  you  live  long  enough,  haply  there  will 
be  a  great  many  things  happen  to  you  and 
yours,  that  you  cannot  understand;  try  to 
give  up  understanding  them,  and  then  you 
will  have  peace. 


—Rose  Terry  Cook 


MRS.  L.  M.  SHERMAN, 

Clouds  are  the  curtains  which  God,  with 
motherly  care,  hangs  over  the  bed  of  his 

children  to  give  his  beloved  sleep. 

Duncan  Mac(,regor 


MRS.  ROBERT  FULTON, 

You  may  break,  you  may  shatter  the  vase, 
if  you  will, 

But  the  scent  of  the  roses  will  cling  to  it 
-still. 

— Moore 

Advice  is  like  snow:  the  softer  it  falls, 
the  longer  it  dwells  upon,  and  the  deeper  it 
sinks  into  the  mind. 

—  Coleridge 


SUMNER  D.  EASTWOOD, 

He  who  is  most  slow  in  making  a  promise 

is  the  most  faithful  in  its  performance. 

Rousseau 


HATTIE  REED, 

I  wish  that  friends  were  always  true, 

And  motives  always  pure; 

I  wish  the  good  were  not  so  few, 

1  wish  the  bad  were  fewer. 

J.  O.  Sax 


Mrs.  Michael  Gaffney, 

Leaves  have  their  time  to  fall. 

And  flowers  to  wither  at  the  North- wind’s 
breath. 

And  stars  to  set; — but  all. 

Thou  hast  all  seasons  for  thine  own,  O  Death! 

— Felicia  Uemans 


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CHAS.  G.  SMITH, 

Grown  wiser  for  the  lesson  given, 

I  fear  no  longer,  for  I  know 
That,  where  the  snow  is  deepest  driven, 


best  fruits  ijyow. 

— /.  (r,  Wlutiitr 

life  runs  on,  the  road  grows  strange 
With  faces  new,  and  near  the  end, 

The  milestones  into  headstones  change, 
’Neath  everyone  a  friend. 

— Lowell 


DR.  A.  L.  MILLER, 

‘Tn  times  of  trouble,  not  before, 

God  and  the  doctor  we  adore; 

The  trouble  o’er,  and  all  things  righted, 
God  is  forgot,  and  the  doctor  slighted.  ” 


MRS.  HARRIET  HIGLEY, 

Our  lives  are  like  the  flowers:  The  bet¬ 
ter  we  cultivate  them  the  more  happiness 
they  afford  to  ourselves  and  our  friends. 

DAVID  SENNEFF, 

You  can  fool  all  the  people  part  of  the 
time  and  some  of  the  people  all  the  time;  but 

you  cannot  fool  all  the  people  all  the  time. 

— Abraham  Tjineoln 

HENRY  W.  LEYDIG, 

Be  an  honest,  faithful  boy  and  God  will 

see  that  you  always  have  plenty  of  work. 

— Mi/  Mother’s  advice  when  1  left  home, 

S.  S.  DODGE, 

Sir: — 1  would  rather  be  right  than  presi¬ 
dent. 

— Henry  Clay 


LIBRARY 

iiNiVtRSITY  OF  IlIjNOiS 


J.  D.  CRABTREE, 

This  nation,  under  God,  shall  have  a  new 
birth  of  freedom,  and  that  government  of 
the  people,  by  the  people,  for  the  people, 

shall  not  perish  from  the  earth. 

— Lincoln's  Gettysburg  Speech 

ELIZABETH  J.  SHAW, 

The  coward-slave,  we  pass  him  by. 

We  dare  be  poor  for  a’  that. 

For  a’  that  and  a’  that. 

Our  toils  obscure,  and  a’  that. 

The  rank  is  but  a  guinea  stamp, 

The  man’s  the  ofowd  for  a’  that. 

— Robert  Burns 


W.  C.  Dysart, 

‘‘May  we  never  make  a  sw’ord  of  our 
tongue  to  wound  a  good  man’s  reputation.” 

MRS.  J.  L.  HESS, 

Self -reverence,  self-knowledge,  self-con¬ 
trol;  these  three  alone  lead  life  to  sovereign 
power.  Yet  not  for  power  (power  of  herself 
would  come  uncalled  for),  but  to  live  by 
law, — acting  the  law* we  live  by  without  fear; 
and  because  right  is  right,  to  follow  right — 

were  wisdom  in  the  scorn  of  consequence. 

—  Tennyson 


C.  M.  HUGUET, 

The  river  knows  the  way  to  the  sea. 

Without  a  pilot  it  runs  and  falls. 

Blessing  all  lands  with  its  charity. 

— Emerson 


MRS.  C.  F.  FURLEY, 

True  worth  is  in  being,  not  seeming, 

In  doing  each  day  that  goes  by 

Some  little  good,  and  not  dreaming 

Of  great  things  to  do  by  and  by. 

— Alice  Carey 

CLINTON  SENNEFF, 

If  a  man  empties  his  purse  into  his  head, 
no  man  can  take  it  away  from  him.  An  in¬ 
vestment  in  knowledge  always  pays  the  best 
interest. 

— Benjamin  Franklin 

MRS.  W.  VV.  DOWNING, 

Be  still,  sad  heart!  and  cease  repining; 
Behind  the  clouds  is  the  sun  still  shining; 
Thy  fate  is  the  common  fate  of  all. 

Into  each  life  some  rain  must  fall. 

Some  days  must  be  dark  and  dreary. 

— Longfello'W 

H.  S.  DEY, 

A  word  spoken  is  hard  to  bring  back;  but 

when  not  spoken  can  be  said  at  any  time. 

— Josh  Billings 

MRS.  H.  T.  NOBLE, 

‘‘Whatever  is,  is  right.” 

A.  M.  JUDD, 

A  man  who  lives  right,  and  is  right,  has 
more  power  in  his  silence  than  another  has 
by  his  words. 

— P.  Brooks 

Mrs.  mabelle  senneff. 

The  fault,  dear  Brutus,  is  not  in  our  stars. 

But  in  ourselves,  that  we  are  underlings. 

— Shakespeare 


REV.  J.  G.  FINKBE/NER, 

THE  SPIKIT  OF  THANKSGIVING. 

For  this  glad  day,  and  other  days 
^  In  which  we  may  thy  goodness  praise; 

For  sunshine  and  the  warmth  it  brino;s; 
For  fruit  and  flowers,  and  all  the  things 
Which  thou  dost  send  us  from  on  high, 
And,  without  end,  to  each  supply; 

For  raiment,  food,  for  life  and  love, 

For  all  rich  blessings  from  above — 
Father,  we  thank  thee! 

For  sorrow.  Lord,  for  suff’ring,  loss, 

For  strength  to  bear  each  little  cross, 
Because,  through  sorrow,  we  may  be 
Perfected  and  made  pure  in  thee; 

For  thy  dear  hand  to  lead  us  on. 

For  promises  to  rest  upon. 

For  hopes  of  years  that  never  cease. 

For  heaven,  and  thine  eternal  peace — 

Father,  we  thank  thee! 

— Alice  Garland  Steele 


REV.  JOHN  D.  LEEK, 

In  the  beauty  of  the  lilies  Christ  was  born 
across  the  sea. 

With  a  glory  in  His  bosom  that  transfig¬ 
ures  you  and  me, 

As  he  died  to  make  men  holy,  let  us  die 
to  make  men  free, 

While  God  is  marching  on. 

— Julia  Ward  Howe 

C.  F.  FURLEY, 

‘‘A  contented  mind  is  a  continual  feast.” 


Florence  mason, 

^‘Time’s  gradual  touch  has  moulded  into 
beauty  many  a  tower,  which,  when  it 
frowned  with  all  its  battlements,  was  only 
terrible.” 

Mrs.  I.  D.  REYNOLDS, 

^‘Religion  is  not  fears,  frowns,  or  doleful 
lamentations;  it  is  Eden  found.  Paradise  em¬ 
bowered  in  beauteous  thoughts,  pure  feel¬ 
ings,  and  souls  more  consciously  within 
God’s  infinite  sweet  embrace.” 

‘‘It  is  a  beautiful  thing  to  model  a  statue 
and  give  it  life;  to  mould  an  intelligence  and 
instill  truth  therein  is  still  more  beautiful.” 

Mrs.  m.  S.  SHAW, 

All  who  joy  would  win  must  share  it — 
happiness  was  born  a  twin. 

— Byron 

MRS.  A.  G.  Burnham, 

He  who  is  true  in  all  he  does. 

To  what  the  Gods  design. 

Shall  some  day  find  his  work  receive 
The  touch  of  the  Divine. 

— Marietta  F.  Cloud 

Guard  thou  thy  thoughts! 

For  deeds  we  do  and  every  word  we  speak 
Are  outcome  of  some  picture  of  the  mind; 
Then  frame  thy  image-thought  in  the 
bright  gold 

Of  some  good  deed — some  loving  hope  or 
prayer. 


Henrietta  Edith  Cray 


Grace  higley, 

little  word  in  kindness  spoken, 

A  motion,  or  a  tear. 

Has  often  heal’d  the  heart  that’s  broken. 
And  made  a  friend  sincere!” 

MRS.  JESSIE  WALLACE, 

Honor  is  an  old  time  thing;  bat  it  smells 

sweet  to  those  in  whose  hand  it  is  strong. 

—  Quid  a 


MRS.  A.  M.  JUDD, 

Of  all  sad  words  of  tongue  or  pen. 

The  saddest  are  these:  “It  might  have 
been.  ’  ’ 

— J.  G.  Whittier 

MRS.  CHAS.  G.  SMITH, 

Those  who  bring;  sunshine  to  the  life  of 

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others  cannot  keep  it  from  themselves. 

— James  Matthew  Barrie 


J.  H.  ZENDT, 

Trust  no  Future,  howe’er  pleasant! 

Let  the  dead  Past  bury  its  dead ! 

Act, — act  in  the  living  Present! 

Heart  within,  and  God  o’erhead! 

— Longfellow 

Yet  1  doubt  not  thro’  the  ages. 

One  increasing  purpose  runs. 

And  the  thoughts  of  men  are  widened 
By  the  process  of  the  suns. 

—  Tennyson 

M.  J.  McGowan, 

To  the  victors  belong  the  spoils. 


— Marcy 


NINA  THOMPSON, 

the  moral  life  conscience  predomin¬ 
ates’  ’ 

JAS.  H.  THOMPSON, 

‘‘A  man  that  can  render  a  reason,  is  a 
man  worthy  of  an  answer;  but  he  that  argu- 
eth  for  victory,  deserveth  not  the  tenderness 
of  Trouble.” 

S.  H.  BETHEA, 

Hold  her  nozzle  agin  the  bank  ’till  the 
last  galoot’s  ashore. 

— John  Hay 

E.  S.  WOODBRIDGE, 

In  this  the  act  of  living  lies, 

To  want  no  more  that  may  suffice; 

And  make  that  little  do. 

— Cotton 

A  little  learning  is  a  dangerous  thin^, 
Drink  deep  or  taste  not  the  Pierian  spring, 
There  shallow  draughts  intoxicate  the 
brain. 

But  drinking  largely,  sobers  us  again. 

— Pope 


JANE  ROBINS, 

^‘Late  to  bed  and  early  to  rise, 

Prepares  a  man  for  his  home  in  the  skies.” 

E.  C.  CROPSEY, 

There  may  be  heaven — there  must  be  hell; 

Meantime,  there  is  our  life  here.  VVe-ell. 

— Rudyard  Kipling 


A.  H.  TILLSON, 

Blest,  too,  is  he  who  can  divine 
Where  real  right  doth  lie, 

And  dares  to  take  the  side  that  seems 
Wrong  to  man’s  blindfold  eye. 

— Frederic  William  Faber 


LULA  CHIVERTON, 

All  up  the  rugged  steps  of  life. 

And  in  the  sun’s  fierce  glare. 

It  covers  him  with  angel’s  wings, 

The  sainted  mother’s  prayer. 

— John  Sherman 


LESTER  WALLACE, 

Things  that  you  do,  do  with  your  might, 
For  things  done  by  halves  are  never  done 

—  Longfelloic 

L.  B.  NEIGHBOUR, 

Amid  the  maddening  maze  of  things. 

And  tossed  by  storm  and  flood. 

To  one  fixed  trust  my  spirit  clings: 

I  know  that  God  is  good. 

•— J.  G.  Whittiei^ 


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H.  L.  COFFEY, 

When  fear  admits  no  hope  of  safety,  then 
Necessity  makes  dastards  valient  men. 

JOHN  T.  REED, 

‘‘So  when  for  us  life’s  evenins:  hour, 

Soft  passing  shall  descend, 

May  glory  born  of  earth  and  heaven. 

The  earth  and  heaven  blend.'’ 


Eleanor  reed, 

If  thou  art  worn  and  hard  beset 
With  sorrows  that  thou  wouldst  forget, 
If  thou  wouldst  read  a  lesson,  that  will 
keep 

Thy  heart  from  fainting  and  thy  soul  from 
sleep. 

Go  the  woods  and  hills! — No  tears 
Dim  the  sweet  look  that  Nature  wears. 

— Longfellow 

a.  F.  SHETLER, 

“Scorning  the  advice  of  age  and  experi¬ 
ence,  often  leads  to  trouble.” 

Mrs.  E.  R.  KENT, 

“Men  grumble  because  God  puts  thorns 
upon  roses;  better  be  glad  he  put  roses  upon 
thorns.  ’  ’ 

Sin  has  a  great  many  tools,  but  a  lie  is  a 
handle  which  fits  them  all.  ’  ’ 

F.  A.  Ballou, 

In  the  lexicon  of  youth,  which  Fate 
reserves  for  a  brmht  manhood,  there  is  no 
such  word  as  fail. 

— Shakespeare 

Margaret  Anderson, 

A  cunning  man  is  never  a  firm  man,  but 
an  honest  man  is;  a  double-minded  man  is 
always  unstable,  a  man  of  faith  is  firm  as  a 
rock;  honesty  is  faith  applied  to  worldly 
things,  and  faith  is  honesty  quickened  by 
the  Spirit  to  the  use  of  heavenly  things. 

— Edward  Irring 


AGNES  MCCARROLL, 

To  be  able  to  capture  and  bring, 

And  bind  in  the  bonds  of  control, 

Some  of  the  thoughts  that  warble  and  sino- 
Down  in  the  depths  of  my  soul.” 

MRS.  Martha  martin, 

^‘God  tempers  the  wind  to  the  shorn 
lamb.” 

MRS.  WARREN  SMITH, 

Truth  is  the  most  powerful  thing  in  the 
world,  since  fiction  can  only  please  us  by  its 
resemblance  to  it. 

— Shaftesbury 

LOUIS  H.  MARTIN, 

Count  that  day  lost  whose  low  descending 

sun 

& 

Views  from  thy  hand  no  w^orthy  action 
done. 

— Jacob  Bobart 

MRS.  W.  H.  EDWARDS, 

Lives  of  great  men  all  remind  us 
We  can  make  our  lives  sublime, 

And,  departing,  leave  behind  us 

Footprints  on  the  sands  of  time. 

—Longfellow 

MRS.  A.  w.  Goodrich, 

Love,  we  are  in  God’s  hand. 

How  strange  now  looks  the  life  He  makes  us 
lead. 

So  free  we  seem,  so  fettered  fast  we  are! 
I  feel  He  laid  the  fetter:  let  it  lie! 

— Robert  Broioning 


DR.  A.  F.  MOORE, 

‘^Luck  is  energy  well  directed. 

CHAS.  G.  Albright, 

That  man’s  a  fool  who  tries  by  force  or 
skill 

To  stem  the  current  of  a  woman’s  will; 
For  if  she  will,  she  will,  you  may  depend 
onT, 

And  if  she  won’t,  she  won’t,  and  there’s  an 
end  on’t 

—  Tuke 

JENNIE  I.  DOOLITTLE, 

The  noblest  service  comes  from  nameless 
hands,  and  the  best  servant  does  his  work 
unseen. 

— Holmes 

Grace  Hampton, 

So  teach  us  to  number  our  days  that  we 

may  apply  our  hearts  unto  wisdom. 

— Psalm  90 

FRANK  E.  Bellamy, 

Build  thee  more  stately  mansions,  O  my 
soul, 

As  the  swift  seasons  roll; 

Leave  thy  low-vaulted  past; 

Let  each  new  temple,  nobler  than  the  last. 
Shut  thee  from  heaven  with  a  dome  more 
vast. 

Till  thou  at  length  art  free. 

Leaving  thine  outgrown  shell  by  life’s  un¬ 
resting  sea! 


— Holmes 


WM,  MULLIGAN, 

O,  woman,  in  our  hours  of  care, 
Uncertain,  coy,  and  hard  to  please. 

And  variable  as  the  shade 

By  the  light  quivering  aspen  made; 

When  pain  and  anguish  wring  the  brow, 
A  ministering  angel  thou. 

— ScotVs  Marmion 

Mrs.  Emma  Kinsley, 

^‘Consistency  thou  art  a  jewel.” 

Frank  Forsythe  jr., 

Life  is  too  short  to  waste 
In  critic  peep  or  cynic  bark, 

Quarrel  or  reprimand; 

’Twill  soon  be  dark; 

Up!  mind  thine  own  aim,  and 
God  Speed  the  mark. 

—B.  W.  Emerson 

Mrs.  LYDIA  E.  PARKS, 

“The  secret  of  happiness,  is  in  always 
having  something  to  do  and  in  doing  that 
something  with  zeal  and  cheerfulness  of 
heart.” 

MRS.  H.  W.  SCOTT, 

Beholding  the  moon  rise 
Over  the  pallid  sea  and  the  silvery  mist  of 
the  meadows: 

Silently  one  bj^  one,  in  the  infinite  meadows 
of  heaven. 

Blossom’d  the  lovely  stars — the  forget-me- 
nots  of  the  angels. 


— Longfellow 


Eustace  shaw, 

Know  then  thyself,  presume  not  God  to 
scan, 

The  proper  study  for  mankind  .is  man. 

— Pope 

MRS.  STELLA  COWLES, 

Then  a  voice  within  his  breast 
Whispered,  audible  and  clear 
As  if  to  the  outward  ear: 

Do  thy  duty,  that  is  best; 

Leave  unto  the  Lord  the  rest. 

— Longfellow 

George  peach, 

Vessels  large  may  venture  more 

But  little  boats  should  keep  near  shore. 

— Benjamin  Franklin 


ROBERT  SMITH, 

O  wad  some  power  the  giftie  gie  us. 

To  see  oursel’s  as  others  see  us? 

It  wad  frae  monie  a  blunder  free  us, 

And  foolish  notion. 

— Burns 


MR.  J.  S.  CLARK, 

Truth,  crushed  to  earth,  shall  rise  again; 

The  eternal  years  of  God  are  hers; 

But  Error,  wounded,  writhes  in  pain, 

And  dies  among  his  worshippers. 

—  William  Cullen  Bryant 

C.  H.  Stackpole, 

“Pay  as  you  go;  if  you  can’t  pay,  don’t 


IRMA  PEACH, 

Life  is  not  so  short  but  that  there  is  al¬ 
ways  time  for  courtesy. 

— Emerson 

ALICE  MOELLER, 

No  stream  from  its  source 

Flows  seaward,  how  lonely  its  course, 

But  what  some  land  is  gladdened. 

No  star  ever  rose 

And  set,  without  influence  somewhere. 
Who  knows 

What  earth  needs  from  earth’s  lowest 
creature? 

No  life 

Can  be  pure  in  its  purpose  and  strong  in 
its  strife. 

And  all  life  not  be  purer  and  stronger 
thereby. 

—  Oicen  Meredith 


LAURA  G.  MURPHY,' 

Man  is  his  own  star,  and  the  soul  that  can 
Render  an  honest  and  perfect  man; 
Commands  all  light,  all  influence,  all  fate. 
Nothing  to  him  falls  early,  or  too  late, 
Our  acts  our  angels  are,  for  good  or  ill 

Our  fatal  shadows  that  walk  by  us  still. 

— John  Fletchei' 


ANNA  TODD, 

Duty  and  to-day  are  ours;  results  and  fu¬ 
turity  belong  to  God. 


Horace  Oreeley 


F.  A.  TRUMAN, 

Acts — That  best  portion  of  a  good  man’s 
life, 

His  little,  nameless,  imremembered  acts 
Of  kindness  and  of  love. 

—  Wordsworth 


MISS  JANE  A.  JOHNSON, 

“God’s  in  His  Heaven; 

All’s  right  with  the  world.” 

I  know  not  where  it’s  islands  lift 
Their  fronded  palms  in  air, 

I  only  know  I  cannot  drift 
Beyond  his  love  and  care. 

—  Whittier 


D.  N.  L. 

There  is  a  tide,  in  the  affairs  of  men,  if 
taken  at  the  flood  leads  on  to  fortune  and  to 
fame. 

— Shakspeare 

“There  is  no  bar  to  progress  in  any  direc¬ 
tion  to  the  ambitious  man,  except  lack  of 
brains  and  tact.” 

“It  is  something  to  have  great  opportuni¬ 
ties;  it  is  far  more  to  be  equal  to  them.” 

‘  ‘Lincoln  had  the  unconscious  naturalness 
of  nature’s  self,  he  saw  the  real — that  which 
is.  Beyond  accident,  policy,  compromise, 
and  war,  he  saw  the  end.  He  was  patient 
as  destiny,  whose  undecipherable  hieroglyph¬ 
ics  were  so  deeply  graven  on  his  sad  and 
tragic  face.  ’  ’ 


J.  S.  Dornblaser, 

There  is  nothing  can  equal  the  tender 
hours 

When  life  is  first  in  bloom, 

When  the  heart  like  a  bee,  in  the  wild  of 
flowers. 

Finds  everywhere  perfume; 

When  the  present  is  all  and  it  questions 
not 

If  those  flowers  shall  pass  away. 

But  pleased  with  its  own  delightful  lot. 
Dreams  never  of  decay. 

— Bolin 

You  say  you  are  a  better  soldier; 

Let  it  appear  so;  make  your  vaunting  true. 
And  it  shall  please  me  well. 

— Shakespeare 

MRS.  R.  M.  H.  DEV, 

o 

The  true  gentleman  is  one  whose  nature 
has  been  fashioned  after  the  hio:hest  models. 
His  qualities  depend  not  upon  fashion  or 
manners,  but  upon  moral  worth — not  on  per¬ 
sonal  possessions,  but  on  personal  qualities. 

—  T.  L.  Haines 

K.  G.  SMITH, 

Once  to  every  man  and  nation 
Comes  the  moment  to  decide. 

In  the  strife  of  truth  and  falsehood, 

For  the  good  or  evil  side; 

Then  it  is  the  brave  man  chooses 
While  the  coward  stands  aside. 

Doubting  in  his  abject  spirit 
Till  his  Lord  is  crucified. 


—Lowell 


L.  W.  MITCHELL, 

Because  you  prosper  in  worldly  affairs; 
Don’t  be  haughty  and  put  on  airs — 
With  insolent  pride  of  station; 

Don’t  be  proud,  and  turn  up  your  nose 
At  plainer  people,  in  poorer  clothes; 

But  learn  for  your  minds  repose. 

That  wealth’s  a  bubble  that  comes  and 
goes — 

And  all  proud  flesh  wherever  it  grows 
Is  subject  to  irritation. 

— John  O.  Saxe 


C.  J.  Rosbrook, 

‘‘I  expect  to  pass  through  this  world  but 
once.  If  therefore  there  be  any  kindness  I 
can  show,  or  any  good  that  I  can  do  any  fel¬ 
low  human  being,  let  me  do  it  now;  let  me 
not  defer  or  neglect  it,  for  I  shall  not  pass 
this  way  again.” 

‘  T  have  lived  to  thank  God  that  all  my 
prayers  have  not  been  answered.” 

have  o-reat  honor  for  a  successful  busi¬ 
er  < 

ness  man.” 

A  flask  of  red  wine  and  a  volume  of  song 
together, 

Half  a  loaf,  just  enough  the  ravage  of 
want  to  tether. 

Such  is  mv  wish,  then  thou  in  the  waste 
with  me, 

Sweeter  wore  this  than  a  monarch’s  crown 
and  fethers. 


The  Enhaiyat 


MRS.  M.  AYRES, 

Never  rail  at  the  world,  it’s  just  as  we 
make  it, 

We  see  not  the  flowers,  if  we  sow  not  the 
seed. 

And,  as  for  ill  luck,  why,  that’s  just  as 
we  take  it; 

The  heart  that’s  in  earnest,  no  bars  can 
impede. 

Why  question  the  justice  that  governs 
men’s  breasts 

And  say  that  the  search  for  true  friend¬ 
ship  is  vain? 

But  remember  that  this  world,  if  it  is  not 
the  best. 

Is  the  next  to  the  best  we  shall  ever  at¬ 
tain. 

— Charles  Swain 

L.  P.  Taber, 

Even  humble  broom  and  osiers  have  their 
use. 

— Dryden 

JOHN  F.  FOX, 

Laws  are  like  cobwebs,  where  the  small 
flies  are  caught,  and  the  great  break 
through. 

— Bacon 

Edward  vaile. 

To  thine  own  self  be  true 

And  it  must  follow  as  night  the  day 

Thou  canst  not  then  be  false  to  any  man . 

— Shakespeare 

Pay  the  price,  then  take  what  you  want. 

— Rmmerson 


CHAS.  A.  STEINMANN, 

Underneath  are  the  everlasting  arms. 

—Deut.  SS:27 

All  things  work  together  for  good  to  them 
that  love  God. 

— Rom.  8:28 

We  live  in  deeds,  not  years;  in  thoughts, 
not  breaths; 

In  feelings,  not  in  figures  on  a  dial. 

We  should  count  time  by  heart-throbs. 
He  most  lives 

Who  thinks  most,  feels  the  noblest,  acts 
the  best. 

— P.  J.  Bailey 

Mrs.  CHARLES  WALGREN, 

When’er  a  noble  deed  is  wrought, 
When’er  is  spoken  a  noble  thought. 

Our  hearts  in  glad  surprise. 

To  higher  levels  rise. 

— H.  W.  Longfellow 

Truth  is  one 

And  in  all  lands  beneath  the  sun. 

Whoso  has  eyes  to  see  may  see 
The  tokens  of  its  unity. 

— P  G.  Whittier 


R.  L.  JOHNSON, 

Observe  the  maiden,  innocently  sweet; 
She’s  fair  white  paper,  an  unsullied  sheet; 
On  which  the  happy  man  whom  fate  or¬ 
dains. 

May  write  his  name,  and  take  her  for  his 
pains. 


— Franklin 


C.  \/.  KERCH, -MRS. 

However,  I’m  not  denyin’  the  women  are 
foolish;  God  Almighty  made  ’em  to  match 
the  men. 

—  George  Eliot 


MRS.  R.  L.  JOHNSON, 

Slow  pass  our  days 
In  childhood,  and  the  hours  are  long 
Betwixt  the  morn  and  eve;  with  swifter 
lapse 

They  glide  in  manhood  and  in  age  they  fly; 
Till  days  and  seasons  flit  before  the  mind 

As  flit  the  show-flakes  in  a  winter  storm. 

—  William  CuVen  Bryant 

That  w'hich  we  are,  we  are — 

One  equal  temper  of  heroic  hearts, 

Made  weak  by  time  and  fate,  but  strong 
in  will 

To  strive,  to  seek,  to  find,  and  not  to 
yield. 

t ' 

—  Tennyson 

The  retail  politician’s  anxious  thought 
Deems  this  side  alwaj^s  right,  and  that 
stark  nought; 

He  foams  with  censure;  with  applause  he 
raves; 

A  dupe  to  rumors,  and  a  tool  of  knaves; 
He’ll  want  no  type  his  weakness  to  pro¬ 
claim, 

Vv'^hile  such  a  thinof  as  foolscap  has  a 

C?  1 

name. 

—  Franklin 


R.  S.  FARRAND, 

He  was  the  embodiment  of  the  self  de¬ 
nial,  the  courage,  the  hope,  and  the  nobility 
of  a  nation.  He  spoke  not  to  inflame,  not 
to  upbraid,  but  to  convince.  He  raised  his 
hands,  not  to  strike,  but  in  benediction. 

He  longed  to  pardon.  He  loved  to  vsee 
the  pearls  of  joy  on  the  cheeks  of  a  wife 
whose  husband  he  had  rescued  from  death. 
Lincoln  was  the  m-andest  figure  of  the 
fiercest  civil  war.  He  is  the  gentlest  mem¬ 
ory  of  our  world. 

— Bohert  G.  Ingersoll 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  longdon, 

Good  name  in  man  and  woman. 

Is  the  immediate  jewel  of  their  soul. 

— Sliakeni^eare 


MRS.  Frances  l.  Arnold, 

One  part  of  knowledge  consists  in  being 
ignorant  of  such  things  as  are  not  worthy  to 
be  known. 

NELLIE  ROBINSON, 

To  thine  own  self  be  true. 

And  it  must  follow,  as  the  night  the  day. 

Thou  canst  not  then  be  false  to  any  man. 

— SJiakspeare 

MRS.  DELILIAH  CUDDINGTON, 

Yes,  lovely  hour!  thou  art  the  time 
When  feelings  flow  and  wishes  climb. 
When  timid  souls  be^in  to  dare, 

O  7 

And  God  receives  and  answers  prayer. 

—  OJiarles  Iladdon  Spurgeon 


J.  H.  DOWNS, 

Stand  by  the  Right. 

And  my  thanks  offering  are  to  Him  who 
Through  hidden  dangers,  toils  and  Death, 
Has  gently  cleared  my  way. 

And  from  the  pleasing  snares  of  vice 
More  to  be  feared  than  they. 

MRS.  AUGUSTA  G.  MITCHELL, 

We  say  farewell,  the  saddest  word  of  all. 
And  though  the  parting  be  to  us  a  pain — 
What’er  through  coming  years  to  us  befall, 
May  God  be  with  us  till  we  meet  again. 

Mrs.  LEONARD  Andrus, 

What’s  worth  doing  at  all,  is  worth  doing 
well. 

MRS.  MYRTLE  DOLLMEYER, 

Let  US  do  our  work  as  well. 

Both  the  unseen  and  the  seen; 

Make  the  house  where  God  shall  dwell 
Beautiful,  entire  and  clean. 

.  — Longfellow 

MRS.  E.  O.  WALGREN, 

Speak  out  in  acts;  the  time  for  words  has 
passed,  and  deeds  alone  remain. 

— J.  O.  Whittier 

’Tis  sorrow  builds  the  shining  ladder  up — 
Whose  golden  rounds  are  our  calamities. 
Whereon  our  firm  feet  planting,  nearer 
God 

The  spirit  climbs,  and  hath  its  eyes  un¬ 
sealed. 


—J.  R.  Lowell 


MRS.  E.  S.  CRIPPEN, 

Every  one  can  master  a  sorrow  but  he  that 
hath  it. 

— Shakespeare 

The  tears  of  an  heir  are  laughter  under  a 
rnask. 

— Bacon 

MISS  LENA  JOHNSON, 

Speak  not  at  all,  in  any  wise,  till  you 
have  somewhat  to  speak;  care  not  for  the 
reward  of  your  speaking  but  simply  and 
with  undivided  mind  for  the  truth  of  your 
speaking. 

*  — Carlyle 

Enjoy  the  Spring  of  Youth  and  Love, 

To  some  good  angel  leave  the  rest; 

For  time  will  teach  thee  soon  the  truth. 

There  are  no  birds  in  last  year’s  nest. 

— Longfellow 


MRS.  ETTA  DEMAREST, 

Do  what  conscience  says  is  right; 

Do  what  reason  says  is  best. 

Do  with  all  your  mind  and  might; 

Do  your  duty  and  be  blest. 

— Anon 

MISS  H.  SOPHIA  JOHNSON, 

Truth  forever  on  the  scaffold. 

Wrong  forever  on  the  throne. 

Yet  that  scaffold  sways  the  future. 

And  behind  the  dim  unknown 
Stands  the  God  within  the  shadow. 
Keeping  watch  above  His  own. 


— Lowell 


ARTHUR  S.  CRIPPEN, 

Without  good  nature,  man  is  but  a  better 
kind  of  vermin. 

— Bacon 

Kind  hearts  are  more  than  coronets, 

And  simple  faith  than  Norman  blood. 

'■  —  Tennyson 


O.  J.  downing, 

All  things  whatsoever  you  would  that  men 

should  do  to  you — do  ye  even  so  to  them. 

—Bible 

Know  thy  opportunity. 

—  Greek  Maxim 


MRS.  CARRIE  L.  SWIGART, 

Though  the  mills  of  God  grinds  slowly, 
Yet  they  grind  exceeding  small,  . 

Though  with  patience  He  stands  waiting, 

With  exactness  grinds  He  all. 

— Friedrich  Von  Loyan 


JOHN  H.  MOORE, 

If  faith,  and  hope,  and  kindness,  pass’d  as 
coin,  ’twixt  heart  and  heart; 

How,  thro’  the  eye’s  tear-blindness,  should 
the  sudden  soul  upstart! 

The  dreary,  dim,  and  desolate,  should 
wear  a  sunny  bloom, 

And  Love  should  spring  from  buried  Hate, 
like  flowers  o’er  Winter’s  tomb. 

This  world  is  full  of  beauty,  as  other 
worlds  above; 

And  if  we  did  our  dutv,  it  might  be  full 
of  love. 


Gerald  Afassey 


M/SS  DESS/E  HUGHES, 

Least,  largest,  there’s  one  law  for  all  the 
minds. 

Here  or  above;  be  true  at  any  price. 

— Burns 


MRS.  NANCY  A.  PRESCOTT, 

“Be  friendly  with  all 

But  intimate  wdth  few.” 

“Do  your  little  duties  in  a  large  way,  and 
God  will  trust  you  with  greater  ones.” 

“In  keeping  Sunday  Holy,  do  not  keep  it 
wholly  for  your  own  pleasure.” 

“Thinking  over  our  ovv^n  faults  makes  us 
talk  less  about  those  of  others.  ’  ’ 

“If  you  feel  like  shaking  a  friend  who  is  in 
trouble,  let  it  be  his  hand  that  you  shake.” 

D.  A.  SHEFFIELD, 

The  law  of  the  harvest  is  to  reap  more 
than  you  sov/.  Sow  an  act,  and  you  reap  a 
habit;  sow  a  habit,  and  you  reap  a  character; 
sow  a  character,  and  you  reap  a  destiny. 

—  George  D.  Boardman 

Oh,  I  love  this  old  republic,  bounded  by 
the  seas,  walled  by  the  wide  air,  domed  by 
heaven’s  blue,  and  lighted  by  the  eternal 
stars. 

— R.  G.  Ingersoll 


WILLIAM  S.  REAM, 

He  is  happiest,  be  he  king  or  peasant,  who 
finds  peace  in  his  home. 


—  Goethe 


M.  marilla  lewis, 

There  is  no  day  but  has  its  share  of  light 
And  somewhere  in  the  dark  there  shines  a 
star  at  night. 

There  is  no  cloud,  however  black  and  grim, 
That  does  not  touch  the  sunlight  with  its 
outmost  rim. 

There  is  no  sorrow  borne  without  its  gain. 
No  perfect  joy  that  was  not  ushered  in 
with'  pain . 

There  is  no  woe  that  can  outlast  the  years. 
No  smile  so  sweet  in  life  as  that  which  fol¬ 
lows  tears. 

— Marion  ManriUe 

MRS.  C.  hi.  STACKPOLE, 

There  is  no  cloud  so  dark,  but  it  has  a  sil¬ 
ver  linin 

Mrs.  marie  l.  Green, 

In  happy  hours,  when  the  imagination 
Wakes  like  a  wind  at  midnight,  and  the 
soul 

Trembles  in  all  its  leaves,  it  is  a  joy 
To  be  uplifted  on  its  wings,  and  listen 
To  the  prophetic  voices  in  the  air 
That  call  us  onward.  Then  the  work  we  do 
Is  a  delight,  and  the  obedient  hand 
Never  grows  weary.  But  how  different  is  it 
In  the  disconsolate,  discouraged  hours. 

When  all  the  wisdom  of  the  world  appears 
As  trivial  as  the  gossip  of  a  nurse 
In  a  sick-room,  and  all  our  work  seems  use¬ 
less. 


— Michael  Angelo 


CHAS.  E.  MILLER, 

So  live,  that  when  the  summons  come  to 
join 

The  innumerable  caravan,  which  moves 

To  that  mysterious  realm,  where  each  shall 
take 

His  chamber  in  the  silent  halls  of  death. 

Thou  go  not,  like  the  quarry-slave  at 
night, 

Scourged  to  his  dungeon,  but,  sustained 
and  soothed 

By  an  unfaltering  trust,  approach  thy 
grave. 

Like  one  who  wraps  the  drapery  of  his 
couch 

About  him  and  lies  down  to  pleasant 
dreams. 

—  Wm.  Cullen  Bryant 

F.  F.  WALTERS, 

To  keep  a  secret  is  wisdom,  but  to  expect 
another  to  keep  it  is  folly. 

— Holmes 

MINNIE  ROBINSON, 

And  in  each  of  these  rebellious  tears 

Kept  bravely  back.  He  makes  a  rainbow 
shine. 

— Celia  Thaxter 

C.  H.  KEELER, 

People  who  get  into  a  rage  in  reformatory 
work  accomplish  nothing  but  the  depletion 
of  their  own  nervous  system.  There  is  such 
a  thing  as  having  a  gun  so  hot  at  the  touch- 
hole  that  it  explodes,  killing  the  one  that 
sets  it  off. 


Dr.  Talma ge 


MRS.  ELIZABETH  W.  STACKPOLE, 

A  NOTE  OF  LIFE. 

Take  it  as  you  find  it — 

Black  or  beaming  sky, 

Smile  and  never  mind  it — 

Little  time  to  sigh. 

•Fast  the  clouds  are  creeping 

Over  heavens  of  blue, 

Little  time  for  weeping — 

Skies’ll  weep  for  you! 

Keep  the  pathway  steady — 

Heaven  is  not  so  high, 

When  God  calls,  say  ‘‘Ready!” 

Smile  and  kiss  goodby. 

—Atlccntic  Constitution 

“Deal  justly  with  all;  speak  evil  of  none.” 

HARRIET  E.  Garrison, 

One  self-approving  hour  whole  years  out¬ 
weighs 

Of  stupid  starers  and  of  loud  huzzas; 

And  more  true  joy  Marcellus  exiled  feels; 
Than  Caesar  with  a  senate  at  his  heels. 

— Alexander  Piype 

Truth  crushed  to  earth  shall  rise  aofain; 

The  eternal  years  of  God  are  hers; 

But  Error,  wounded,  writhes  in  pain. 

And  dies  among  his  worshipers. 

—  Willia  m  Cu  lie  n  Brya  n  t 

Be  sure  you  are  right;  then  go  ahead. 

— Davy  Crockett 


A.  C.  DOLLMEYER, 

Honor  and  shame  from  no  condition  rise; 
Act  well  your  part,  there  all  the  honor 
lies. 

— Pope 


PERRY  COWLES, 

Whene’er  a  noble  deed  is  wrought, 
Whene’er  is  spoken  a  noble  thought; 

Our  hearts,  in  glad  surprise. 

To  higher  levels  rise. 

— Longfellow 


ELEANOR  J.  TRUMAN, 

For  truth  must  live  with  truth,  self-sacri¬ 
fice 

Seek  out  its  great  allies; 

Good  must  find  good  by  gravitation  sure. 
And  love  with  love  endure. 

—.7.  O,  Whittier 


MRS.  ALICE  A.  JOHNSON, 

Full  many  a  gem  of  purest  ray  serene, 

_  t 

The  dark  unfathomed  caves  of  ocean  bear ; 
Full  many  a  flower  is  born  to  blush  unseen, 
And  waste  its  sweetness  on  the  desert 
air. 


—  Gray 


MRS.  J.  S.  CLARK, 

Heaven  is  not  gained  in  a  single  bound; 
But  we  build  the  ladder  by  which  we  rise 
From  the  lowly  earth  to  the  vaulted  skies. 
And  we  mount  to  its  summit  round  by 
round. 


— Holland 


chas.  vv.  dey, 

Comrades  known  in  marches  many, 
Comrades  tried  in  dangers  many, 
Comrades  bound  in  memories  many. 
Brothers  ever  let  us  be. 

Wounds  or  sickness  may  divide  us, 
Marching  orders  may  divide  us, 

But  whatever  fate  betide  us, 

Brothers  of  the  heart  are  we. 

—Miles  O' Reilly 


Eleanor  m.  Truman, 

For  blessings  ever  wait  on  virtuous  deeds. 
And  though  a  late,  a  sure  reward  suc¬ 
ceeds. 

—  Congreve 


IRA  W.  LEWIS, 

Therefore  the  redeemed  of  the  Lord  shall 
return,  and  come  with  singing  unto 
Zion;  and  everlasting  joy  shall  be  upon  their 
head:  they  shall  obtain  gladness  and  joy;  and 
sorrow  and  mourning  shall  flee  away. 

— Isaiah 


For  thus  saith  the  High  and  Lofty  One 
that  inhabiteth  Eternity,  whose  name  is 
Holy;  I  dwell  in  the  High  and  Holy  Place, 
with  him  also  that  is  of  a  contrite  and  hum¬ 
ble  spirit,  to  revive  the  spirit  of  the  humble, 

and  to  revive  the  heart  of  the  contrite  ones. 

—  Isaiah 


R.  M.  AYRES, 

The  American  flag:  If  any  man  attempt 

to  tear  it  down,  shoot  him  on  the  spot. 

—  John  A.  Dix 


MRS.  B.  F.  SHAW, 

Build  thee  more  stately  mansions,  O  my 
soul, 

As  the  swift  seasons  roll; 

Leave  thy  low- vaulted  past; 

Let  each  new  temple,  noblier  than  the  last, 
Shut  thee  from  heaven  with  a  dome  more 
vast. 

Till  thou  at  length  art  free, 

Leaving  thine  outgrown  shell  by  life’s  un¬ 
resting  sea! 

— Holmes 

MRS.  CLAYTON  HlGLEY, 

‘‘What  is  worth  doin^  at  all  is  worth 
doing  well.” 

Mrs.  Olive  a.  murphy, 

Thou  must  be  true  thyself, 

If  thou  the  truth  w^ould  teach; 

Thy  soul  must  overflow 

If  thou  another’s  soul  would  reach, 

It  needs  the  overflowing  heart 
To  give  the  lips  full  speech. 

Think  truly,  and  thy  thought 
Shall  the  world’s  famine  feed; 

Speak  truly,  and  thy  word 
Shall  be  a  fruitful  seed; 

Live  truly,  and  thy  life 

Shall  be  a  great  and  glorious  creed. 

— J.  G,  Whittier 


F.  N.  FARGO, 

“The  fruits  of  a  successful  life  grow  on 
the  tree  of  economy.  ’  ’ 


REV.  HECTOR  C.  LELAND, 

‘‘Make  a  little  fence  of  trust, 

All  about  to-day, 

Fill  it  full  of  loving  deeds, 

And  within  it  stay. 

Look  not  through  the  sheltering  bars, 
Anxious  for  the  morrow; 

God  will  help  whatever  comes. 

Be  it  joy  or  sorrow.” 

MRS.  C.  H.  SARWINE, 

“Cast  all  your  care  upon  God;  that  anchor 
holds.” 

“Characters  never  change,  opinions  alter — 
characters  are  only  developed.” 

MRS.  PEACH, 

Honor  and  shame  from  no  condition  rise, 
Act  well  your  part,  there  all  the  honor 
lies. 

— Pape 

MRS.  ROBERT  SMITH. 

Our  greatest  glory  consists  not  in  never 

falling,  but  in  rising  every  time  we  fall. 

—  GoldsmitJi 

“Be  what  thou  art 
Become  what  thou  canst.  ” 

JAMES  H.  TODD, 

Godliness  is  profitable  unto  all  things, 

having  promise  of  the  life  that  now  is,  and 

of  that  which  is  to  come.  This  a  faithful 

saying  and  worthy  of  all  acceptation. 

— St.  Pavl 


MRS.  GEO.  MASON, 

‘‘A  good  thought  is  a  great  boon,  for 
which  God  is  to  be  first  thanked;  then  he 
who  is  the  first  to  utter  it,  and  then  in  a  les¬ 
ser,  but  still  in  a  considerable  degree,  the 
man  who  is  the  first  to  quote  it  to  us.” 

MAHLON  R.  FORSYTHE, 

For  right  is  right,  since  God  is  God; 

And  right  the  day  must  win; 

To  doubt  would  be  disloyalty. 

To  falter  would  be  sin! 

— Frederic  Faber 

GEO.  F.  PRESCOT, 

‘^So  many  things  we  think  we  know,  we 
ought  to  know  we  think.” 

MRS.  H.  LOU.  STAGER, 

And  it’s  the  man  who  does  the  best. 

That  gits  more  khjks  than  all  the  rest. 

—James  Whitcomb  TiiUy 


W.  F.  WEAVER, 

“Keep  pushing,  ’tis  wiser  than  sitting 
aside. 

Sighing  and  watching  and  waiting  the 
tide; 

In  life’s  earnest  battle  they  only  prevail, 

Who  ever  press  onward  and  never  say 
fail.” 

JOHN  Grant, 

“Ven  a  man  get  a  gute  yag  on  hassel  hae 
always  tank  hae  es  batter  as  his  creditors” . 


THEODORE  MOELLER, 

It  is  good  and  comely  for  one  to  eat  and 
to  drink  and  to  enjoy  the  good  of  all  his  la¬ 
bor  that  he  taketh  under  the  sun,  all  the 
days  of  his  life,  which  God  giveth  him;  for 
it  is  his  portion. 

--Bible 


Mrs.  Gracia  armington, 

‘‘What  is  to  bo,  will  be.’' 

Mrs.  j.  h.  TODD, 

Remember  aye  these  words  of  lofty  cheer. 
The  Helper  yonder  helps  the  helper  here. 

— Anon 

Time  is  the  greatest  of  tyrants;  as  we  go 
on  towards  age,  he  taxes  our  health,  our 
limbs,  our  faculties,  our  strength  and  feat¬ 
ures. 

— Foster 


JAMES  W.  STEPHENS, 

Young  man,  the  true  road  to  success  is, 
first, 

“Mind  your  own  business. 

Meet  all  obligations. 

Keep  your  engagen^ents. 

Speak  the  truth.” 

JAMES  B.  POMEROY, 

“None  but  the  brave  dare  step  aside. 
From  custom’s  iron  rule; 

The  commonest  mind  must  follow  it. 

Or  be  declared  a  fool.” 


Ernest  h.  Moore, 

There  is  no  music  like  a  little  river’s.  It 
plays  the  same  tune  (and  that’s  the  favorite) 
over  and  over  again,  and  yet  does  not  weary 
of  it  like  men  fiddlers.  It  takes  the  mind 
out  of  doors;  and  though  we  should  be  grate¬ 
ful  for  good  houses,  there  is,  after  all,  no 
house  like  God’s  out-of-doors.  And  lastly, 
sir,  it  quiets  a  man  down  like  saying  his 
prayers. 

— Robert  Lo^ds  Stevenson 


D.  S.  HORTON, 

‘‘Do  unto  others  as  though  you  were  the 
others.” 

M.  L.  APPLEFORD, 

To  shape  the  whole  future  is  not  our  prob¬ 
lem:  but  only  to  shape  faithfully  a  small 
part  of  it. 

—  Carlyle 


Harriet  a.  smith. 

No  man  doth  safely  speak,  but  he  that  is 
glad  to  hold  his  peace. 

—  Thomas  a'Kempis 

JOHN  MCCOLLUM, 

Man’s  inhumanity  to  man  makes  countless 
thousands  mourn. 

— Burns 

Then  gently  scan  your  brother  man, 

Still  gentler,  sister  woman. 

Though  they  may  gang  a  kennin’  wrang 
To  step  aside  is  human. 


— Burns 


ALFRED  DOOLITTLE, 

•Tis  all  very  well  to  be  pleasant 
When  life  moves  on  like  a  sons:; 

o  ' 

But  the  man  worth  while  is  the  one  who 
will  smile, 

When  enery thing  goes  dead  wrong. 

— Ella  Wheeler  Wilcox 


B.  KOLPKE, 

‘^To  err  is  human — to  forofive  divine” 

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ANNA  E.  WOODBRIDGE, 

Confide  ye  aye  in  Providence, 

For  Providence  is  kind, 

And  bear  ye  all  life’s  changes 
Wi’  a  calm  and  tranquil  mind, 

Tho’  pressed  and  hemmed  on  ev’ry  side, 
Ha’e  faith  and  ye’ll  win  through. 

For  ilka  blade  o’ grass. 

Keeps  its  ain  drap  o’  dew. 

— James  Balentine 


ANNA  L.  GEISENHEIMER, 

Life  is  real!  Life  is  earnest! 

And  the  grave  is  not  its  goal; 

^‘Dust  thou  art  to  dust  returnest,  ” 

Was  not  spoken  of  the  soul. 

Longfellmo 


MARGUERITE  REED, 

A  FRIEND  IN  NEED. 

‘‘Blest  are  the  hearts  that  beat  alwav 

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With  sympathetic  throb. 

Hearts  that  to  heal  another’s  woe 
Their  own  would  gladly  rob.’' 


B.  F.  SHAW, 

The  Devil  knew  not  what  he  did  when  he 
made  man  politic. 

--r.  of  A. 

T.  S.  POTTER, 

W  hereunto  is  money  good? 

Who  has  it  not  wants  hardihood, 

Who  has  it  has  much  trouble  and  care, 

Who  once  has  had  it  has  despair. 

— Longfellow 

Joy  and  temperance  and  repose. 

Slam  the  door  on  the  doctor’s  nose. 

— Longfellow 

MRS.  DELIA  L.  WATSON, 

‘‘As  these  busts  in  the  block  of  marble,  so 
does  our  individual  fate  exist  in  the  lime¬ 
stone  of  time.  We  fancy  we  carve  it  out, 
but  its  ultimate  shape  is  prior  to  all  our 
actions.” 

J.  L.  HARTWELL, 

A  foolish  consistency  is  the  hobgoblin  of 
little  minds  adorned  by  little  statesmen  and 
philosophers  and  divines. 

Vfith  consistency  a  great  soul  has  simply 
nothing  to  do.  He  may  as  well  concern 
himself  with '  his  shadow  on  the  wall.  Out 
upon  your  guarded  lips!  Sew  them  up  with 
pack  thread,  do.  Else  if  you  would  be  a 
man,  speak  what  you  think  today  in  words 
as  hard  as  cannon  balls,  and  tomorrow  speak 
what  tomorrow  thinks  in  hard  words  again, 
though  it  contradicts  everything  you  said 
today. 


Emerson 


A.  DEPUY, 

^ ‘Deity — Old  Glory  and  our  American 
homes.” 

Chas.  w.  Groves, 

1  know  not  where  his  islands  lift 
Their  fronded  palms  in  air; 

I  only  know  1  cannot  drift 
Beyond  his  love  and  care. 

—  Whittier 

MRS.  T.  M.  Horton, 

“Not  what  I  want  myself,  dear  Lord, 

But  what  I  need,  O  give  to  me; 

1  thank  Thee  I  can  trust  Thy  word, 

That  as  my  need,  my  gift  shall  be.” 

“Set  a  watch,  O  Lord,  before  my  mouth; 
keep  the  door  of  my  lips.” 

D.  J.  CARROLL, 

“Let  each  man  learn  to  know  himself. 
And  for  that  knowledge  let  him  labor. 
And  thus  correct  within  himself 

What  he  condemns  so  in  his  neighbor.” 

MRS.  Catharine  j.  Thompson, 

“Sufficient  unto  the  day  is  the  evil 
thereof.” 

MRS.  EMMA  E.  MCMAHAN, 

“Cultivate  all  things  in  moderation,  but 
one  thing  in  perfection.” 

MRS.  SUSAN  B.  THOMPSON, 

“As  you  ascend  the  road  of  prosperity, 
may  you  never  meet  a  friend  coming  down.” 


MRS.  SADIE  BOWERS, 

Thy  heaven  on  which  ’tis  pleasant  to  look, 

Shall  be  my  pure  and  shining  book. 

—  Thomas  Moore 


D.  B.  WOOD, 

The  men  who  tread  the  Mobe  are  but  a 
handful  to  the  tribes  that  slumber  in  its 
bosom. 

—  Wm.  Cullen  Bryant 

ELIZABETH  B.  CAMP. 

The  domestic  man,  who  loves  no  music  so 
well  as  his  kitchen  clock  and  the  airs  the 
log  sing  to  him  on  the  hearth,  has  solaces 
which  others  never  dream  of. 

— Emerson 

JOSEPH  STAPLES, 

Always  look  and  act  pleasant,  and  you 
will  make  people  happy  and  be  happy  your¬ 
self. 

MRS.  EDMUND  CAMP, 

When  the  garland  of  youth  fades  on  our 
brow,  let  us  try  at  least  to  have  the  virtues 
of  maturity;  may  we  grow  better,  gentler, 
graver,  like  the  fruit  of  the  vine,  while  its 
leaf  withers  and  falls. 

— AmieVs  Journal 

Mrs.  j.  f.  palmer. 

Rest  for  the  weary  hands  is  good. 

And  love  for  heart’s  that  pine. 

But  let  the  manly  habitude 
Of  upright  souls  be  mine. 


— J.  O.  Whittier 


MRS.  J.  C.  REMINGTON, 

‘‘For  every  bad  there  might  be  a  worse, 
and  when  a  man  breaks  his  leg,  let  him  be 
thankful  ’twas  not  his  neck.” 

Mrs.  j.  d.  Derr, 

A  virtuous  deed  should  never  be  delayed; 
the  impulse  comes  from  Heaven. 

— Alex  Doioe 

Build  to-day,  then,  strong  and  sure, 

With  a  firm  and  ample  base; 

And  ascending  and  secure 

Shall  to-morrow  find  its  place. 

— Longfelloio 

H.  M.  JACK, 

“After  the  darkest  hour  comes  the  brio-ht- 

O 

est  light.” 

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Mrs.  e.  h.  hughes. 

With  public  sentiment  nothing  can  fail; 
without  public  sentiment  nothing  can  suc¬ 
ceed.  Consequently,  he  who  moulds  public 
sentiment  goes  deeper  than  he  who  enacts 

statutes  or  pronounces  decisions. 

— Abraham  Lincoln 


KATE  REMINGTON, 

“Boys  flyino:  kites  can  haul  in  their  white 
winged  birds; 

But  you  can’t  do  that  way  when  }’'ou’re 
flying  words; 

A  thought  unexpressed,  may  sometimes 
fall  back  dead, 

liut  God  himself  cannot  call  it  back  when 
once  ’tis  said.’' 


MRS.  FLORA  RIPLEY, 

But  the  good  deed, 

Through  the  ages, 

Living  on  historic  pages, 

Brighter  grows. 

And  gleams  immortal. 

Unconsumed  by  moth  or  rust. 

— Longfellow 

F.  E.  HARRISON, 

Should  you  see  afar  off,  that  worth  win- 
ning. 

Set  out  on  the  journey  with  trust. 

And  ne’er  heed  if  your  path  at  beginning 
Should  be  among  brambles  or  dust, — 
Though  it  is  but  by  footsteps  ye  do  it. 
And  hardships  may  linger  and  stay: 
Walk  with  faith  and  be  sure  you’ll  get 
through  it. 

For  ‘‘Where  there’s  a  will  there’s  a 
way.  ’  ’ 

—  Eliza  Cook 

MRS.  E.  H.  E.  HARRISON, 

“Speak  gently  of  the  erring, 

Oh!  do  not  thou  forget. 

However  darkly  stained  by  sin, 

He  is  thy  brother  yet; 

Heir  of  the  self  same  heritage. 

Child  of  the  self  same  God. 

He  hath  but  stumbled  in  the  path, 

Thou  hast  in  weakness  trod.’’ 

“Though  the  world  smile  on  you  blandly 
Let  your  friends  be  choice  and  few; 
Choose  your  course,  pursue  it  grandly 
And  achieve  what  you  persue.” 


ESTELLA  OSBORN, 

As  slow  our  bark  her  foamy  track 
Against  the  wind  is  cleavino*; 

Her  trembling  pennant  still  points  back 
To  that  dear  isle  ’twas  leaving; 

So  loathe  v/e  part  from  those  we  lov^e 
From  all  the  links  that  binds  us; 

So  turn  our  hearts  where  e’er  we  roam 

To  those  we  left  behind  us. 

—  Thomas  Moore 

ANNA  E.  CARPENTER, 

Perfection  is  attained  by  slow  degrees;  she 
requires  the  hand  of  Time. 

—  Voltaire 

The  man  who  seeks  one  thins:  in  life,  and 
but  one, 

May  hope  to  attain  it  before  life  be  done. 

—  Owen  Merideth 

Erma  Chapman, 

^‘Quench  your  thirst  with  pure  water, 
pure  thoughts  and  a  pure  heart.” 

^Tll  habits  gather  by  unseen  degrees.” 

BLANCHE  CHAPMAN, 

The  quality  of  mercy  is  not  strained; 

It  droppeth  like  the  gentle  rain  from  heaven 
Upon  the  place  beneath. 

It  is  twice  blessed: 

It  blesseth  him  that  gives  and  him  that  takes. 

— Shakespeare 

And  this  our  life  exempt  from  public 
haunt,  finds  tongues  in  trees,  books  in  run¬ 
ning  brooks  and  good  in  everything. 

—Shakspeare 


MICHAEL  MALONEY, 

people’s  voice”  maybe  ‘‘the  proof  and 
echo  of  all  human  fame”  but  the  voi(*.e  of 
the  undying  church  is  the  echo  of  “everlast¬ 
ing  glory,”  and  when  those  who  surround 
his  grave  today  shall  have  passed  away,  all 
future  generations  of  Irishmen  to  the  end  of 
time  will  be  reminded  of  his  name  and  of  his 
glory. 

The  remarks  of  the  Rev.  T.  N.  Burke  up¬ 
on  the  removal  of  Daniel  O’Connell’s  body  to 
its  final  resting  place  in  Glasenvin,  beneath 
the  Round  Tower,  in  the  presence  of  50,000 
people. 

Gertrude  Hatch  kniseley. 

Be  not  like  dumb  driven  cattle. 

Be  a  hero  in  the  strife. 

— Longfelloio 

MRS.  H.  W.  MORRIS, 

Learn  to  make  the  most  of  life. 

Lose  no  happy  day. 

Time  will  never  bring  thee  back 
Chances  swept  away. 

— Longfelloio 

Mrs.  Guy  l.  furley, 

“Every  action  in  company  ought  to  be 
some  sign  of  respect  to  those  who  are  pres¬ 
ent.  ’  ’ 


HULDA  HATCH. 

I  try  to  make  my  enmities  transient  and 
my  friendships  eternal. 


—  Cicero 


A.  C.  WARNER, 

Everything  comes  to  the  man  who  waits. 

—  Victor  Hugo 

Harriet  E.  Dodge, 

l"iit  yourself  in  his  ])hie(‘. 

—  ( Itt’itdc 

MRS.  j.  D.  Leek, 

God  moves  in  a  mysterious  way 
His  wonders  to  perform; 

He  plants  his  footsteps  in  the  sea, 

And  rides  upon  the  storm. 

—  William  Coicper 


MRS.  J.  G.  FlNKBEINER, 

‘‘If  only  we  strive  to  be  pure  and  true, 
To  each  of  us  all  there  will  come  an  hour 
When  the  tree  of  life  shall  burst  into 
flower, 

And  rain  at  our  feet  a  glorious  dower 
Of  something  grander  than  ever  we 
knew.” 

J.  F.  PALMER, 

He  either  fears  his  fate  too  much, 

Or  his  deserts  are  small. 

Who  fears  to  put  it  to  the  touch, ^ 

To  win  or  lose  it  all. 

— Scott 

L.  D.  PITCHER, 

Be  sure  you  are  right,  then  go  ahead. 

— Dary  Crocket 

Sometimes,  it  is  of  course  impossible  to 
tell  until  afterwards  whether  you  were  right 
or  not,  but  in  most  cases,  one  can  make 
it  so. 


MRS.  S.  H.  ZENDT, 

Look  not  mournfully  into  the  Past.  It 
comes  not  back  again.  Wisely  improve  the 
Present.  It  is  thine.  Go  forth  to  meet  the 
shadow}^  Future  without  fear,  and  with  a 
manly  heart. 

— Longfelloio 

A.  R.  BICKENBACH, 

I  live  for  those  who  love  me; 

For  those  who  know  me  true, 

For  the  heaven  that  smiles  above  me. 

And  waits  my  coming  too; 

For  the  cause  that  needs  assistance; 

For  the  wrongs  that  need  resistance; 

For  the  future  in  the  distance; 

For  the  good  that  I  can  do. 

— Anon 

MATTIE  LONG, 

Farewell!  a  word  that  must  be,  and  hath 
been — 

A  sound  which  makes  us  linger; — yet — 
farewell. 

— Lord  Byron 

ADDIE  C.  BOVEY, 

^‘When  a  person  is  suddenly  thrust  into 
any  strange,  new  position  of  trial,  he  finds 
the  place  fits  him  as  though  he  had  been 
measured  for  it.  ^  ’ 

MRS.  S.  E.  WILBUR, 

The  sun  athwart  the  cloud,  thought  it  no 
sin  to  use  my  land  to  put  his  rainbow  in . 

— Emerson 


F.  L.  MURRAY, 

There  is  a  limit  to  the  work  that  can  be 
got  out  of  a  human  body  or  a  human  brain 
and  he  is  a  wise  man  who  wastes  no  energy 

on  pursuits  for  which  he  is  not  fitted. 

—  Gladstone 

C.  V.  KERCH, 

I  do  not  call  one  greater  and  one  smaller; 
that  which  fills  its  period  and  place  is  equal 
to  any. 

—  Walt  Whitman 

J.  M.  TINSLEY, 

Immodest  words  admit  of  no  defense, 

For  want  of  decency  is  want  of  sense. 

— Roscommon 


LOUIE  M.  DIXON, 

It  is  not  a  question  of  how  much  we  are 
to  do,  but  of  how  it  is  to  be  done;  it  is  not 
a  question  of  doing  more,  but  of  doing  bet¬ 
ter. 

— Joh?i  Ruskin 

B.  MINNA  DECKER, 

Care  to  our  coffin  adds  a  nail,  no  doubt. 

And  every  grin,  so  merry,  draws  one  out. 

—  Wolcot 


A.  F.  ROBINSON, 

‘^Never  too  late  to  mend.” 

MRS.  CHAS.  EASTMAN, 

Thrift  of  time  will  repay  you  in  after  life 
with  a  usury  beyond  your  most  sanguine 
dreams. 


—  W.  E.  Gladstone 


MRS.  LOUIE  M.  DIXON, 

My  business  is  not  to  re-make  myself,  but 

make  the  absolute  best  of  what  God  made. 

— Ftohert  Browning 


E.  F.  REED, 

Let  the  laws  of  your  own  land, 

Good  or  ill,  between  you  stand. 

Hand  to  hand,  and  foot  to  foot. 

Arbiters  of  the  dispute. 

— Shelley's  Liheriy 

S.  Ellen  benjamin, 

I  think  the  first  virtue  is  to  restrain  the 
tongue;  he  approaches  nearest  to  the  gods 
who  knows  how  to  be  silent  even  when  he  is 
in » the  right. 

—  Cato 

HENRY  HIGLEY, 

He  that  believeth  on  Him  is  not  con¬ 
demned;  but  he  that  believeth  not  is  con- 
demmed  already,  because  he  hath  not  be¬ 
lieved  in  the  name  of  the  only  begotten  Son 
of  God. 

— John  3:18 

MRS.  S.  D.  EASTWOOD, 

We  may  attain  all  the  excellence  of  which 
humanity  is  capable  while  doing  the  simplest 
daily  duties. 

George  Elliot 


Guy  l.  Furley, 

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